Report of 21 December 1915

(NAI, CSO/JD/2/163)

The report of 21 December 1915 records visits to the shop of Thomas J Clarke, 75 Parnell Street, by Denis McCullough, followed by Patrick Hughes, John O’Mahony, Seán MacDiarmada, Diarmuid Lynch, MW O’Reilly and Piaras Béaslaí.

A meeting in the office of the Irish Volunteers, 2 Dawson Street, is attended by Michael J O’Rahilly, Herbert ‘Barney’ Mellows, Patrick Hughes, Eimar O’Duffy, Éamon de Valera, Jeremiah Joseph O’Connell and Michael O’Hanrahan.

The departure by train of Patrick Hughes to Dundalk [County Louth] and Denis McCullough to Belfast is noted.

The report concludes with details of those in attendance at a play written by Piaras Béaslaí and performed in the concert hall of the Rotunda.

For the full report please see Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) Detective Department report on the movement of Dublin extremists on 20 December 1915.